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When area codes were created in 1947 to prepare for a nationwide unified long-distance dialing system, all of Canada was not covered. Newfoundland, Labrador, and the Northwest, Yukon, and Nunavut territories were not included. The original 9 area codes of Canada include 204, 306, 403, 416, 418, 514, 604, 613, and 902.
Area code 403 was one of nine Canadian area codes of the original North American area codes assigned by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1947. Its numbering plan area (NPA) originally comprised the entire province of Alberta.
Jan 4, 2021 · Because of devices like pagers (seen clipped to a user's belt), as well as fax machines and cell phones, Ontario was in danger of running out of phone numbers in the 416 area code.
On March 5, 2001, 416 was overlaid with area code 647, creating Canada's first overlay. The implementation of 647 made ten-digit dialling mandatory in Toronto. Within a decade, both 416 and 647 were close to exhaustion once again. A new overlay area code, 437, started operation on March 25, 2013.
Apr 23, 2023 · Turns out Toronto could have just as likely been assigned 204 (Manitoba's area code) as its beloved 416. All new area codes that have been assigned to Toronto since then are just as...
Mar 19, 2016 · 1993 – 416 splits for the second time, with Metro Toronto (M postal codes) remaining 416, and the surrounding suburbs (L postal codes) becoming 905. This is the first new area code in Ontario in 31 years, bringing the total in the province from the original 2 up to 6 [original 416 & 613 in 1947, 519 in 1953, 705 in 1957, 807 in 1962, 905 in 1993]
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- 1947: Area code 403 was put into service. - 1997: Area code 403 was split to form area code 867 which then served Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and Yukon. - 1999: Area code 780 was created from a split of area code 403.
